• Participated in the design and deployment of Cisco Unified Computing Systems to work within a VMware vSphere environment in order to provide for a robust and redundant computing environment.• Configured and administered Cisco UCS with the deployment of pools, policy templates, and profile management in order to provide a redundant compute configuration.• Deployed and configured Cisco Fabric Interconnects for upstream network and storage access.• Configured Cisco UCS UUID, Server, MAC, and WWN pools in order to deploy a stateless computing environment in order to remove hardware dependencies and provide for quick recovery from hardware failure(s).• Deployed alert monitoring within Cisco UCS to quickly address issues as they arise.• Administer, and maintain company's VMware virtual infrastructure, which consisted of VMware products such as ESXi 5.1/5.5 and VMware Virtual Center.• Monitor and maintain all available resources within the virtual infrastructure in order to sustain all virtual machines’ life-cycles as well as the creation of new virtual machines when needed.• Lead and participated in the design and piloting of a VMware View project which consisted of VMware products such as vSphere, View Composer, ThinApp, and Workspace in collaboration with complementing VDI products such as AppSense Environment Manager & Imprivata OneSign.• Administration responsibility for all complex systems such as servers, file and print servers/services, server security, Active Directory services, operating systems, DNS (Domain Name System) services, DHCP services, operating system patching, and backup/recovery systems.• Administer the company's storage area network (SAN) in regards to the creation, migration, and expansion of storage LUNs as needed (EMC VNX 5200/VNX 5300).• Configured Cisco Nexus devices for operation with Cisco Fabric Interconnects in order to provide network connectivity to downstream Cisco UCS chassis.

• Administration responsibility for all servers, file and print services, server security, Active Directory, and Operating Systems, DNS/DHCP, patching, and backup/recovery systems. • Provide system-wide technical support to end users of Los Angeles County technology products built to industry standards. • Administer, and maintain company's virtual infrastructure which consisted of Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware products such as vSphere, ESX, and VMware Virtual Center. • Create, maintain, and administer all virtual machines within our virtual infrastructure. • Monitor and maintain all available resources within the virtual infrastructure in order to 
sustain all virtual machines’ life-cycles as well as the creation of new virtual machines when 
needed. • Diagnose and resolve issues attributed to in-house developed software programs or server 
systems. • Maintain the current server and network topology and make changes as needed to facilitate 
changes in load or functional requirements. • Gather user and developer data to customize servers in order to meet their requirements and 
modify as needed over time. • Provide “on call” production server support to users of departmental systems 24/7 including 
telephone, remote, and on-site support. • Configure systems to optimally serve a diverse collection of software and network systems. • Work with various IT groups as needed to handle various projects. • Act as liaison with all vendors to maintain the integrity of the companies systems. • Provide expert level technical support to PC Support Analysts and Network Specialists as 
required. • Review, approve, and facilitate the installation of server components of client requested 
applications and services.

• Coordinate and collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure accurate and successful implementation of technical solutions throughout the systems development life-cycle of in- house applications.• Lead and participate in project assignments from directors and department stakeholders to address particular technology issues and exploring approaches to meet general or specific program needs• Participating in the development of clinical applications as a business analyst; duties included the gathering of user requirements, writing technical specifications, creating user guides and other training material, and provide end-user training.• Work with a team of developers, project leaders, business owners, and other IT groups in the development of new applications.• Gather both business and IT needs for the development life-cycle of applications to be developed.• Work with application developers in maintaining documentation such as software requirements specifications (SRS).• Develop training guides, provide user training, and gather user feedback from clinical and clerical end users of Los Angeles County products.• Assess sites identified as potential candidates for the implementation of clinical/business applications relative to computers, printers, and network connectivity in order to ensure that all systems functioned to defined business standards.

As a worldwide company, with sites in Los Angeles, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Amsterdam, I had to oversee the company’s server and related server systems infrastructure (environment of 90+ servers) such as file servers, application servers, print servers, backup libraries, storage devices, and all functionally related software/hardware at an enterprise level which includes, but not limited to:• Administration responsibility for all servers, companies e-mail systems, file and printservices, server security, Active Directory and Operating Systems, DNS/DHCP, patching, andbackup/recovery systems.• Ensure the security of all internal network servers/workstations/components through theadministration of the infrastructure’s firewall (Cisco PIX 515) by creating, maintaining, andremoving rules as needed by company needs.• Administer the company's storage area network (SAN) in regards to the creation, migration,and expansion of storage LUNs as needed.• Administer the company's VOIP system (Cisco Call Manager) in regards to the creation andmaintenance of internal phone lines and its designated voicemail profile (Cisco Unity).• Implement, administer, and maintain company's virtual infrastructure which consisted ofVMware products such as Virtual Infrastructure ESX, VMware Virtual Center, VMware View/VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), and Vizioncore ESX vRanger Pro backup software.• Create, maintain, and administer all virtual machines within our virtual infrastructure.• Monitor and maintain all available resources within the virtual infrastructure in order to sustain all virtual machines’ life-cycles as well as the creation of new virtual machines whenneeded.• Maintain the current server and network topology and make changes as needed to facilitatechanges in load or functional requirements.• Facilitate provisioning of server and systems into production, quality assurance, and development environments as needed.

• Diagnose and resolve issues attributed to in-house developed software programs or server systems.• Develop training guides, provide user training, and gather user feedback from clinical and clerical end users of Los Angeles County products.• Oversee the organization’s servers and related server systems infrastructure such as file servers, application servers, print servers, backup libraries, storage devices, and all functionally related software including Operating System components, network connectivity, backup and archiving, patch management, anti-virus, and monitoring systems.• Maintain the current server and network topology and make adjustments as needed to facilitate changes in load or functional requirements.• Gather user and developer data to customize servers in order to meet their requirements and modify as needed over time.• Provide “on call” production server support to users of departmental systems 24/7.• Configure systems to optimally serve a diverse collection of software and network systems.• Manage server warranties and migrate software and data upon warranty expiration to a new server.• Perform evaluations of vendor products being considered for use with organization’s systems or for production using established criteria.• Perform inventory of hardware and software used by the organization and maintain ongoing inventory documentation.• Design and implement departmental Information Technology network infrastructure.• Develop and maintain IT portals used by staff to communicate in real-time internally.• Upgrade/maintain operating systems by installing anti-virus updates, patches, and related programs.